It was November 3rd of last year when I began to share photos and stories while monitoring the two Bald Eagles at Carburn Park. It all started with the Eagles building a nest in a tree that was doomed to fail as the beavers chewed away at the base. A week later the tree was laying on the ground. That sparked my interest in following the Eagles with hopes they would have success with their second nest. They were successful with building a nest in another location but had no success with producing eaglets the following spring which was spring of this year.
Fast forward to today, November 2, 2025. From a distance I spotted a Bald Eagle in a tree in the location where the doomed incident occurred last year. I quickly headed over to get a closer look, the closer look was still on this side of the river with the Eagle perched on the other side. The two guys who also monitored the Pair last year were already in place this morning. They believed this was the male Bald Eagle. I watched for awhile but there was no activity, so I got active and moved along for a hike to Beaverdam Flats.
An hour or so later as I was returning from Beaverdam Flats, I noticed two Bald Eagles in a tree near where the Eagles constructed their second nest last year. If you look closely you can see them as two tiny dots almost on top of each other, in the tree at the left. You need to have an eagle eye to spot them so far away. I joined up with the same two guys who were now in this location. They reported one of the Eagles was the one that we saw earlier.
At this point I decided that I wanted to make it a project, this winter, to monitor the Pair again.
IT'S TIME! My monitoring begins.
The two Bald Eagles just sitting in the tree.....
.....going about their business!
The Bald Eagle to the left broke off a branch.
I watched to see where it went with the branch.
It landed in a tree to the far right in the second photo from the top. I watched it rummage around here for awhile then it flew back to the join the other Eagle. At this point I bid the two guys a nice day and then went about my day knowing in a couple of weeks I will return to see what has transpired.
I felt happy for the pair of Bald Eagles that they are relentless and trying again to begin another family. I put together this watercolour painting of an Eaglet. This is my rendition of an Eaglet, not looking anything like what they actually do look like.
I learned lots about Bald Eagles while monitoring the Pair last year and following through on them to this past spring. I have loads more to learn and look forward to doing so over the next number of months. I also want to have fun playing with watercolour painting various renditions of Bald Eagles. I hope you will follow along on my "Carburn Bald Eagles" journey with me!
